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Music Technology, Bachelor of Music

Practical knowledge/creative engagement

The UCM Music Technology program stands at the intersection of audio engineering,
music production, computer science, and sonic creativity. At UCM Music Tech we embrace
diverse ideas and multiple ways of creating and working with music technology. You are
encouraged to explore, experiment, and push the limitations and perceptions within
the music technology industry, while working from a solid foundation of practical
knowledge coupled with creative engagement.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of UCM's music technology program are working around the world. Alumni can
be found in recording and mastering studios in Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver, Chicago,
and elsewhere. They are working on major international tours and on the audio teams
of large corporations, concert venues, theatres, and churches. Alumni have started
their own successful businesses as composers, audio engineers, sound designers, and
private teachers. Many career paths exist for our graduates, and the broad set of
opportunities for music technology study at UCM, along with a focus on developing
entrepreneurial thinking, help to prepare our students for a wide variety of possibilities.

Mus 1440 Introduction to MIDI: Overview of MIDI systems. Sequencing, system setup,
and the MIDI specification.

Mus 1450 Audio and Acoustics: Physical properties of sound and an introduction to
techniques for controlling and manipulating sound in structures. Operating principles
of digital and analog audio, including transduction, time- and frequency-domain analysis,
and sampling theory.

Mus 4430 Seminar in Music Technology: Advanced individual and/or group work in music
technology and audio production.

Mus 4450 Internship in Music Technology: Field application of theories and practices
in professional music production, recording arts, or music technology industries.

Internships

As a music technology major, you will be required to complete an internship in the
field. Preparing you for entry to the industry post-graduation, the internship provides
real world experience and an opportunity for you to begin building your professional
networks. Internships must be connected to music or audio, but you are encouraged
to explore a variety of opportunities. Many intern at recording studios or with live
sound reinforcement companies, but others have interned at theatres, videogame companies,
television production companies, churches, music publishers, and other industry players. You
receive guidance on internships from the program director as well as UCM's Career
Services Center, which provides assistance with résumés, cover letters, and interviewing
skills. Music technology majors have interned with companies across the United States
and in Europe, including the following, among others:

Technology Performance

Music Technology majors, like all other music majors, must pass an audition on their
primary instrument/voice to be admitted to the degree. As part of the degree program, you will
take lessons on your primary instrument/voice. Many music technology majors declare
a traditional instrument or voice, but you may choose to declare laptop, turntables,
or other technology-based instruments and audition on those as well. For more information
on audition requirements for any instrument/voice, including applied technology, please
see: Applications, Scholarships, and Auditions.

As a Music Technology major, you can perform in a variety of UCM Department of Music
ensembles, appropriate to your primary instruments. For specific ensemble information
please visit the Ensembles Page. Those students whose primary instruments are technology-based
will perform in UCM's New Technologies Ensemble.

New Technologies Ensemble

An ensemble comprised of technology-based instruments. This ensemble is open (via
audition) to any UCM student who performs on laptop, turntables, or other technology-based
instrument. The group performs new compositions, arrangements of traditional works,
and pieces for indeterminate instrumentation. Each year, the group issues an international
call for works, selecting pieces for performance written by living composers from
around the world.

Studio A

Studio A

At 1600 square feet, Studio A is at the heart of the UCM Center for Music Technology.
Large enough for our student audio engineers to record UCM’s Jazz Ensemble (which
we do twice a year), Studio A is one of the top recording facilities for miles in
any direction.

Featuring a Rupert Neve 5088 mixing console and a wide variety of digital and analog
equipment, this studio is equipped to handle anything from voiceover work and solo
instrument recording to very large rock band sessions. In addition, as an All-Steinway
School, we have a Steinway D grand piano in the studio.

In this studio, you develop and refine your skills as recording engineers.

Monitors

Keyboard

Kurzweil K2600RS rack w/sampling

studio/orchestra expansions

Electronic Music Composition Studio

Electronic Music Composition Studio

The UCM Electronic Music Composition studio is a great location for experimental and
creative practices! Whether you are working on sound design for video and games, synthesis,
audio software design, or experimental works, the sonically isolated studio featuring
an 8.1 Genelec ring of monitors is the perfect facility.

Monitors

8.1 Genelec Ring

Other Studios and Facilities

Project Studios and other facilities

Recording Studios C and D

Intended primarily for students working on editing, mixing, composing, sound design,
and other projects that do not need the extensive capabilities of the larger studios,
Studio C offers a 5.1 monitoring system and iMac loaded with the primary software
titles used in the music tech program.

New Technologies Ensemble Rehearsal Studio

Dedicated space for the New Technologies Ensemble and Applied Technology lessons.

Music Technology Computer Lab

Housed in the music technology facilities in Wood Hall, this lab is dedicated for
your use as a music technology student. It features five 27” iMac computers loaded
with all the software titles we teach in the program. Students in studio courses have
24/7 access to this lab, as well as the other music technology facilities.

Keyboard and Computer Labs

UCM Keyboard Lab (Utt 009)

The music department keyboard lab provides space for students to learn and practice
their piano skills. It houses 13 high-quality digital pianos, in an arrangement that
allows piano teachers to easily help each student achieve his or her finest.

UCM Music Computer Lab (Utt 011)

The UCM music computer lab is home to 20 current-model iMac computers with a variety
of MIDI and audio software installed, including Finale and Logic. Each computer also
has an Akai MPK25 keyboard attached. Four of the computers are top-of-the-line 27"
iMacs, and serve as music technology priority machines. These computers have additional
software installed, including Pro Tools and other software used in courses for music
technology majors. The lab also features a SmartBoard, allowing music education majors
to gain experience with this important pedagogical technology. The lab is open for
regular hours, posted on the door.

Hart Recital Hall Diffusion System

Hart Recital Hall is the primary music performance space at UCM. Featuring an outstanding
15-channel diffusion system by Meyer Sound Laboratories (eight Meyer UPJ-1P speakers,
three MMXP4 speakers, and four UMS-SM subwoofers mounted in surround) Hart is one
of the best performance spaces for electroacoustic music and video in the Midwest.

Microphones and other Hardware

Microphones and other Hardware

The selection of microphones available to you at the UCM Center for Music Technology
is quite extensive, featuring a wide variety of options, including many high-end models.
This mic collection is shared by all of the studio facilities in the Music Technology
program, ensuring you access to the perfect microphone for any job.

Our philosophy is to train you on equipment used every day by professionals around
the world. The microphones below have been chosen time and time again by engineers,
critics, musicians, and educators as “the right mic for the job.” In the UCM Music
Technology program, you have access to many of the same microphones you will be using
throughout your careers as audio engineers, enabling you to start learning the idiosyncrasies
of each mic now.

In addition to microphones, other hardware is available for checkout, including: Roli
Seaboard, Livid OhmRGB, QuNeo, Ableton Push 2 (x 6), audio/MIDI interfaces, and various
other surfaces and vintage tone modules.

Faculty

Professor of Music Technology and Composition, Founder/Director of the UCM Center
for Music Technology, Head of Music and Asst. Chair of the School of Visual and Performing
ArtsMusicUtt 111honour@ucmo.edu(660) 543-4530